No NASA or USG human casualty reentry risk limits existed when UARS was designed, built, and launched. Time of reentry estimates were within normal limits NASA, the USG, and some foreign space agencies now seek to limit human casualty risks from reentering space objects to less than 1 in 10,000. UARS was a moderate-sized space object. Uncontrolled reentries of objects more massive than UARS are not frequent, but neither are they unusual. Since the beginning of the space age, there has been no confirmed report of an injury resulting from reentering space objects.
NASA Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite (UARS) Re-Entry Prediction and Analysis
International Symposium on Sustainable Space Development and Utilization for Humankind ; 2012 ; Shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan
2012-03-01
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